# Local MCP editing with tf

Brandon Gillespie (brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com)
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:31:39 PST

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    This is for those die hards who abhore emacs and still use tf (myself
    included).  I dont know if somebody has done this already, so I did it
    myself (I know it has been a desired functionality for a while).  The
    file:

        ftp://ftp.cold.org/pub/mcpedit.tf

    Will give you MCP editing capability in tinyfugue.  From the header:

      /load this in your .tfrc file, after it is loaded you can set the
      editor to your editor of preference by adding another line similar to:

          /set editor=pico

      The default editor is vi.  You will also want to create a directory
      where tf will store the files being edited.  This can be /tmp, or it
      can be a special directory.  You must specify this directory by setting
      the veriable 'editdir', such as:

          /set editdir=/my/home/tfedit

      Editdir defaults to /tmp.  When editing locally tf will store files in
      this directory.  Note: tf does not remove files unless a new file is
      being edited by the same name.  It leaves maintenance of this directory
      up to you!

      If you want to re-edit what you were last editing, type:

          /reedit

    mcpedit.tf works with local MCP editing in ColdCore, I havn't tested it
    in MOO.  Feel free to edit/alter/fix mcpedit.tf as you so desire (just
    give the good changes back to me :)

    -Brandon Gillespie-